Re: The ever popular pricing questions ...

No, I'm pretty sure it's witchcraft. Ancient knowledge passed on.
Magic. Look at all the women who don't even use a pattern. That amazes
me - they look at something and start cutting fabric. I found that was
common in Mexico, and with older women in the states who started sewing
eons ago and had no access to patterns.

My grandmother. If she saw something she wanted to make, she made it. No
pattern involved. She's still alive, but doesn't sew because her eyes
aren't so good any more.